| The National Law Journal 1996 Marcia Coyle |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| 4th Circuit bars PD case work. (federal public defenders) | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| 5th Circuit takes shot at diversity; panel, reading high court's tea leaves, says affirmative action's best days are past. (Hopwood v. Texas) | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Air crash at sea limits recovery: high court's KAL ruling clouds Lockerbie case. (U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Korean Air Lines plane shot down in 1983 and Pan Am crash in Scotland) | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Amicus disclosure worries some amici. | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| An LSC dispute may take power from president; a ruling could strengthen Senate's hand during federal policy stalemate. (Legal Service Corporation) | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Asbestos appeal could set rules for mass torts. | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Case could widen the grounds for asylum: a young woman's fear of being mutilated could pave way for gender-based petitions. | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Clinton, Dole rate low on civil liberties; the president is seen as slightly more vigilant, but they both get rapped for playing to the crowd. (President Bill Clinton and candidate Bob Dole) | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Convention counsel are a study in contrasts. | Law | Marcia Coyle, Marianne Lavelle |
| Court again limits majority-minority districts. | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Court asks why VMI must stay stag. (Virginia Military Institute) | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Court decides gambling case in states' favor. | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Court ducks affirmative action case. (US Supreme Court will not review Texas v. Hopwood) | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Court expands patient privilege; confidentiality between therapist and patient is seen - and it applies to social workers as well. | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Court hears cable TV decency case. (Denver Area Educational Telecommunications Consortium v. FCC) | Law | Marcia Coyle, Harvey Berkman |
| Court ok's military death penalty. (Loving v. United States) | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Critics: forfeiture ruling certain to spur reform. | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Death resource centers reborn as private groups; defunded by Congress, some try to continue work with assistance of donors. | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Florida flunks death counsel test. | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| High court business cases may cost companies more; docket includes suits involving commercial speech, Title VII, taxation of punitive damages, RICO and patent law. | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| High court goes for 'skeptical' scrutiny on gender. | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Justices consider protests that get rough. (U.S. Supreme Court considers Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York) | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Justices quiz lawyer on excessive awards review. (Jonathan S. Abady) | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Justices save the big cases for the end. (U.S. Supreme Court 1995-96 term) | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Law: innocent dead men walking? New habeas law would have sealed the fate of some inmates later found not guilty. | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Man on a tightrope; acting SG, backer of civil rights, feminism, serves president and U.S. (Acting U.S. Solicitor General Walter Dellinger) | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| New jury verdict role for courts; Supreme Court's Gasperini and BMW rulings expand excessive damages review. | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Panel issues report on judicial selection gridlock. | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Psychotherapist privilege claim to high court; can a police officer refuse to testify about what she said in counseling? | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Punies decision gives business potent ammo. | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Rules would expand voir dire, civil jury size. | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Suicide cases led by bicoastal duo. (attorneys Kathryn L. Tucker and Carla A. Kerr choose assisted suicide for their pro bono issue and will appear before Supreme Court) | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Supreme Court boutique has virtual law office. (Maines and Loeb develops specialty in Supreme Court practice) | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Swing votes inject suspense into new term; two justices are key to outcomes of federalism, free speech, other issues.(Supreme Court Preview) | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Term reveals pragmatic Supreme Court; not given to speculation, the court addresses only the issues directly before it, say observers.(Supreme Court Review) | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| This team hopes to revolutionize politics; lawyer couple's suits over 'fusion' candidates is before the high court. (Joel Rogers and Sarah E. Siskind) | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Tort reform tries one more time: Supreme Court will hear a photographer's case that may end verdict reductions. | Law | Marcia Coyle |
| Welfare entitlements face erosion; cash-strapped advocates will face state court patchwork in absence of federal regs. | Law | Marcia Coyle, Harvey Berkman |
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